Quenneville sizes up the Preds

Chicago coach Joel Quenneville met with reporters this morning, and gave his assessment on how Nashville looks without forward Martin Erat.

The Predators traded Erat and Michael Latta on Wednesday to the Washington Capitals for highly-touted prospect Filip Forsberg.

Erat had been Nashville’s top offensive forward its last several years, and led the team in scoring a year ago with a career-high 58 points.

Here is what Quenneville had to say:

“Whether it’s him or any of the forwards, they play the same way. They come at you, they’re relentless, they check well, they have a tight group of five guys who all seem to move together, and I think no matter who’s in those lines or that role, you expect a hardworking type of team that gets to the net, and they’re hard to play against. Their forwards look the same in a lot of ways because they all play the same way.”